Date: September 5, 1945
World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin. Date: April 12, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. Date: February 14, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On…
Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. Date: June 10, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Red Army Begins Vistula–Oder Offensive, January 12, 1945Lapland War Ends as German Troops Retreat from…
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. Date: June 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Operation Carthage: RAF Bombs Gestapo HQ, Copenhagen School…
World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon. Date: May 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Auschwitz Evacuation Begins as Red Army Advances,…
Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day. Date: June 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1945Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Devastates City, World War II, August 9,…